sign me up! hopefully by tomorrow i'll be used to playing on hardcourt ...maybe i could borrow tfm's nephew's rollerblades!

sappy, have you had lunch yet??

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alice - awesome that you're coming out tomorrow! i just emailed you my number in case you need to contact me tomorrow. mrs. jjjosh will probably want to play with you tomorrow but i call first challenge match against alice! double points, how can i pass that up!

alice + hw - be ready for tons of challenges tomorrow. me, nitefly, and jjjosh play against each other all the time so we'll all want to play against you. can't wait!

But yea i would say I was getting in position as good as any other time. But yea I was probably a bit out in front. which is why I had to go into SHCMAD mode and hit everything with no topspin. when you swing flat theres not as much frame shots

i had an "interestin" day on the courts and i am too embarrassed to tell the story. try to just give executive summary.
1. Reston courts wet and covered in mildew.
2. our team shows up early and tries to dry them
3. Reston captain tells me to start playing or default the match
4. I tell him courts are wet and I don't want to get hurt.
5. Reston captain calls me a little cat.
6. I call him a Richard.
7. Reston captain actually starts pushing me.
8. I SOOOO badly want to punch the guy... and I am soooo mad at myself for having self-control at this point.
9. I consider defaulting, which I should have done if I wasn't going to punch this guy right in the nose... but I hate "quitting" for any reason so I agree to try to play.
10. First game of the match, I leave a 5ft long skidmark on the court and almost bite it. I tell them I can't play but they say to finish out the game and go to the dry side and after 2 games the courts might be dry. (what is wrong with me.. just go home!)
11. 4 games later I slip on the ridiculously wet courts, do the splits, and something pops in my left knee. Ligament damage of some variety.
12. teammates don't seem to care...reston gets an injury default, and i grab a beer and some ice and drive home.

no tennis for me for 2 weeks at least. i am so pissed that A. i didn't go "ballistic" on this guy as soon as he touched me... and/or B. that if I am going to be "civilized" that I just didn't drive home to my puppy.

Reston has to come to our club at some point and I really hope to get this guy to shove me again so I can do what I should have done. For some reason, I feel like my teammates would just say "i didn't really see what happened" as they take me away in cuffs, so I either need impartial eyewitnesses or just not care about a possible blemish on my criminal record.

Sup, you've got to know this azzklown. I hope our "full squad" comes out next time and lays down the PAIN on these fools.
PIZZED!
WTF!

[btw, the TF320 just wasn't getting it done on forehands (but a sweet dropper) so I switched to the Xtreme and started blasting forehand winners.
yipes! i think RedCode @60lbs aint cuttin it. i either have to try LuxO@55 or go to my Enduro setup.]

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Knee injuries make me cringe, well that and harassing jerk-captain stories. Try a lot of ice, elevation, and start to test out your range of motion. Give me a call for any questions/concerns/opinions.

i'm friggin piZZed at my "teammates" right now. this is all the "support" i've received. this guy was playing on the court right next to me....

Sorry about all the drama over there. I talked with their
coach after the match and he admitted that he should not have said "...play
or you forfeit...." I did not see how you hurt your knee. Sorry to see
that. Maybe if you ice it down and keep it elevated you'll be back out
there soon.

thanks for the kind words, fellow teammate
p.s. - i am never playing for your team again.

looks (from my google research) like i have either a 2nd degree sprain or a ruptured MCL.
there was a POP and a brief moment of sharp pain but then nothing... now it is just instability and pain if i move it the wrong way. but i can walk straight ahead like nothing happened. but i have a GREAT reason/excuse to prop my feet up and watch tv now. woooooooooooooooo
but i really want to be playing tennis. sniff

2nd degree rest/healing time is 6-8 weeks :shock:

this is good news though:Interestingly the MCL is the only ligament that has enough of a vascular supply that it can heal a partial tear without surgery.

i messed my right MCL up on a motorcycle (ok 50cc scooter ) in a similar fashion and after a month it felt much better and now i don't notice any weekness in it.

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I kind of think it may be something else, but you should still get it checked out by an orthopedic surgeon. Regular doctors probably won't tell you much.

hello folks,
auzz and burger, are you guys going to hit at nottoway anytime soon? If so, let me know. I think auzz still has my number, i can't receive texts though, my phone is messed up.
Also, I would like to join this ladder, how do I do that Sup2d? I haven't been reading the posts lately so I have no clue how to do so or where to go.
And lastly I want to challenge auzz, i won't have dead poly strings in my racquet this time.

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Brgr and I didn't play yesterday, but I will definitely play you whenever you like. We don't need 5 sets to register scores on tennisengine though

dr. Auz, unfortunately it is my MCL. besides the ligament "pop" that i felt, now, if i ignore the pain, i can totally wobble my leg back and forth like it isn't connected on the inside anymore.
i have an immobilizing brace on it and i am going to hope it repairs if i keep it locked down. didn't get much sleep last night... couldn't move without hurting it.

you guys have fun playing tennis.. see you in late June hopefully.
from Swine Flu --> Poison Ivy --> torn MCL it appears "year of the cabbage" is not 2009!

they could diagnose an MCL tear that quickly? Shoot, well, what do they want you to do for it? Therapy? Whatever you do, wait until the doctor says ok before playing tennis again. Don't play in an immobilizer like I did...

Sappy - can I get the cliff notes version of the last 5 pages please?
Oh! and scores. Have to have scores.

As for my fun weekend wrap up. After having a fever and a non-stop, blinding headache for about 10 hours straight, went to the emergency ward last night.

Turned out, the headache was mostly caused by a sinus infection. Gave me an antibiotic horse pill and some Tylenol and I was out of there in about 3 hours. Head still hurts a little bit though, but I'm on the road to recovery.

One thing that's great about living near Reston is their emergency ward is NEVER crowded. They had me in a room and with a doctor in about 15 minutes.

Oh Skunk, I wish I could! I had a singles match Friday, then played a few hours yesterday, had clinic this morning...and have another singles match tomorrow. I think I'm 'done' for now...and I'm contemplating a nap!

Next weekend, though, I have a DC match on Saturday, but it is only dubs, and at 8am! I *may* have a singles match on Sunday (but unlikely, I think, unless they really are short people), so I could be good for either later on Saturday or Sunday? I could reserve some Wakefield courts maybe?

Let's check back in a few days, ok? I should know by then if I'm scheduled Sunday or not.

Oh Skunk, I wish I could! I had a singles match Friday, then played a few hours yesterday, had clinic this morning...and have another singles match tomorrow. I think I'm 'done' for now...and I'm contemplating a nap!

Next weekend, though, I have a DC match on Saturday, but it is only dubs, and at 8am! I *may* have a singles match on Sunday (but unlikely, I think, unless they really are short people), so I could be good for either later on Saturday or Sunday? I could reserve some Wakefield courts maybe?

Let's check back in a few days, ok? I should know by then if I'm scheduled Sunday or not.

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No prob Topaz--you're a rockstar for playing so much! I need to be like you.

abuse of my choice of pizza topping that the majority considered to be morally deviant and unaceptable

nice playing singles with you...let's not ever do that again, ok? it was much more fun to beat you & spry cricket in doubles, since i got to have spry cricket's sandbagging husband as my partner! but then hollywood and i beat spry cricket and mr. spry cricket, bc they were bickering about how he needed to go home and finish his homework.

now i have this urge to go on a walkabout 'round my property...i'll be back in a few days.

I was thinking near Front Royal. about an hours drive. Or better.. we can camp behind Alice's house. LOL.

Dats.. bring the puppy
TFM... bring the older kids
Sappy .. bring REI and the android
PPL .. bring a Mcdonalds happy meal
TheJRK .. bring the misses .. especially since she's a nurse
Xisbum .. bring your special eye medication for your glaucoma (totally kidding)
PP .. introduce us to the other bigfoots in the woods.
HW.. be the keeper of the campfire
JJjosh .. be the keeper of the wood cutting .. an axe bro!

I must insist on just one night for several reasons.

I need to shower, I refuse to go to the bathroom in the woods and three.. 24 hours with you guys is more than enough fun. The front royal spot i know has a canoe rental place about 10 minutes away, a river to fish from, and a shower/bathroom at the canoe place.

The canoe trips are fun. Fishing is boring but i figure some peeps like that stuff. I really go for the liquor, getting back to nature and the large amounts of good food. Like kabobs, rice, alice's cookies or muffins, ...etc.

Right now is a good time. Before it gets way too hot.

Thanks
El Jefe

P.S. If we don't feel like roughing it. There is always the opportunity to rent a place in Lake Anna (where the nuclear plant is). water is always warm and I have some connections up there.

I know I just put out the camping trip, but along with that I thought maybe we can have a wine/beer tasting event.

Bring your favorite beer or wine. We pour it for everyone to sample, without letting them know which is which and you judge. I find it humorous (usually at my own expense) that the cheap wine wins most of the time.

Maybe a Friday evening. Again in Alice's backyard. Kidding.

I could host? TFM? Sappy? Dats how about you? You mentioned a happy hour/bbq. Maybe this is perfect for you. Have it all at once. Quick early Friday evening. OR we have it at the camping trip.

I just thought Dats place. This way you can show the TWMAC how your puppy already loves beer.

I've done the friends, out in the backyard, camping thing. Bathrooms, drinking.. it was the best of times. TFM can unload his kids and sit there and drink in peace. I can talk to Sappy's android.,... and we can end the night with PurePrestiges infamous Frank the tank!

Seriously folks. I think its a grand idea. I will go if Xisbum or TFM goes.

oh, please. i know that you're just dying to comb through the tj max in mount airy to look for your nike headband! and it's so not fair to hang your decision on the two biggest family men on the board. i can just hear it now:

tfm/X: honey, i thought that we'd go camping at this chick alice's house in mount airy.wives: what's this "we" lindberg?tfm/X: oh, you don't want to go? cool. so i'll just go alo---ow! oh no! not the knees!

oh, please. i know that you're just dying to comb through the tj max in mount airy to look for your nike headband! and it's so not fair to hang your decision on the two biggest family men on the board. i can just hear it now:

tfm/X: honey, i thought that we'd go camping at this chick alice's house in mount airy.wives: what's this "we" lindberg?tfm/X: oh, you don't want to go? cool. so i'll just go alo---ow! oh no! not the knees!

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Well can I challenge your boy to a spiderman contest if I go. Without Alice reprimand?

oh, please. i know that you're just dying to comb through the tj max in mount airy to look for your nike headband! and it's so not fair to hang your decision on the two biggest family men on the board. i can just hear it now:

tfm/X: honey, i thought that we'd go camping at this chick alice's house in mount airy.wives: what's this "we" lindberg?tfm/X: oh, you don't want to go? cool. so i'll just go alo---ow! oh no! not the knees!

Sup, how does Friday look? Think I'll pay Reston its extortion money for access to those clay courts, but I will allow one session a week on hard courts. Nottoway will be fine if that's where you'll be. Gotta get more court time so I can stay up with all these young guns.

Lady Topaz. no e-mail yet. Assume it's about a weekend match; would you mind playing it on clay, after I join Reston? I'll buy some visitors' passes while I'm there.

Everyone should see Star Trek; I hear the Aerospace Museum in Chantilly has it on I-MAX, which would really blow my mind.